he is their jackie robinson.t is the difference between a gay communications director and a straight communications director? are they really that different? we were not aware that a communication's director sex life had any bearing. so we called to the white house today. they never explained the difference. we will celebrate with everybody. joe biden is doing that. he told us do not look beneath the surface. no, appearance is all that matters. not only can you judge a book by its cover, you are required to judge a book by its cover. >> this will be the first cabinet ever that is evenly composed with as many women and men in the cabinet. the first cabinet ever with a majority of people of color. and it has more than a dozen history making appointments including the first woman secretary of treasury and first african-american defense secretary, the first openly gay cabinet member. >> tucker: that sounds amazing. is it a good cabinet? are they capable? that's not even relevant. austin the secretary of dense is a fi

and could not be in a better name than jackie robinson. >> jesse: for sure. congrats. kat?her's podcast club random airing this sunday. he went out to l.a. to do that with him. available on all platforms or watch it on youtube sunday #:00 p.m. eastern time. i'm definitely going to watch it because i want to see how that went down. >> there is activities. >> jesse: he was definitely sober. feel good story for you. at the start of his deployment u.s. army first lieutenant tad became atasmed to a starving abandoned dog named gus. he was heartbroken and felt guilty leaving his best friend behind. left tad paw for help new york nonprofit. answered the soldiers' call earlier this month to retrieve gus and bring him to a family in indiana where he is safe where tad can reunite with him. paws of war. focuses on bringing animals rescued by soldiers to the u.s. to be reunited to men and women who saved them. >> judge jeanine: that's beautiful. >> kat: makes me want to shed real tears. >> judge jeanine: can you shed fake ones? >> kat: so many things in my life would be easier if i cou

thank you, jackie robinson, a story about friendship, banned. a book about roberto clemente banned. life of rosa parks. a storm called katrina, and a book called dumpling soup. these are just some books that have been banned. it's very hard to get around the fact that the only books that are deemed controversial by the right, by people like desantis, the youngkins of the world, are books about black people, books about gay people, books about the holocaust. see where i'm going? they have never said a book about any european is controversial or will make someone upset. there have been european wars, shakespeare has death, demons in the othello story. none of that to them is controversial. only things about black people, jewish people, and gay people. hard to see that as a coincidence. but mostly black people. >> it's absolutely not a coincidence, joy. you know, i have said this quote on your show several times before. you know, my favorite president, lbj always said, you can convince the poorest white man he's better than the negro, you can pick his pockets all day long. here we are.

celebrates number. 42, jackie robinson, who of course became the first black player in the modern era major league baseball hasn't really stepped up to the plate in recent years to combat the lack of african americans in the game. overall. >> our kron, 4 sports reporter aaron wilson spoke to a couple of bay area baseball legends to find out whether they have any ideas on how to bring america's game back to the kids in the inner city. >> the astros world series win last season was historic in the sense that it's manager the bay area's own dusty baker became the first african-american to win a world series as both a manager and a player. but following the celebration, dusty lamented on the fact that this was the first world series in 7 decades without a u.s. born black man on either team since 1981, the number of african-american players in baseball has dwindled every year to a 30 year low of 7.2% last season. roberts a 12 year major league star who was born in berkeley and sharpened his baseball skills on the bay area field. in addition to oakland's own dave stewart, the three-time wor

intersection of sport and social change, williams' achievement on the gridiron ranks with what jackie robinsone ball field. jack johnson and joe louis in a ring. he defied the racist whispers about what a black man couldn't do, and he did it. i remember that day that for so many was so much more than a game. you're in san diego for the super bowl. i'm in a small country black church in a town outside orlando. old-school baptist church. the pastor did something he'd never done in my time at the church. he said, "folk, this sunday we're going to have a special altar call for doug williams." >> wow. >> "because doug williams is about to do something that's never been done that we should celebrate." >> wow. >> the entire church went to the front of the church, all got on their knees and prayed for you. >> i knew something special was happening. >> reporter: something special born out of slights and struggles williams endured in silence. from being the lowest-paid quarterback in the league during his time in tampa, even his backup made more -- to the racism that literally showed up at his feet afte

the tennis legend and entrepreneur received the jackie robinson award for her achievements in sports,s, and philanthropy. in a new person to person interview, we spoke with williams about life after tennis. >> i know you don't like the word "retired," but since it has been almost half a year since the u.s. open, how are you feeling about that word now? >> i didn't retire. i evolved. i am just kind of doing more things in business, and, you know, just so many different things. so it's like an evolution, and i -- you know, i just feel like i like that word better. i think i'm allergic to the retirement word. you're never going to get me to say that. >> all right. we traced the origins o black when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you. >>> tonight, we take a look at the little-known st

jackie robinson. but you do wonder what exactly is the difference in real life between a communications director and a straight communicate director ? >> are they really that different? we weren't aware a communications director , sex life had any bearing on his official duties. but then we don't know everything. so we called over to the white house today to see how this new communicates director will be a massive upgrade over the last straight communications director , unfortunately, never explained the difference. so we're going to have to take it on faith and to celebrate with everybody else. >> joe is doing that as he's told us repeatedly, do not look beneath the surface. >> no appearance is all that matters. only can you judge a book by its cover. yes, you can. from here now you're required to judge a book by its cover. here is this will be the first cabinet ever that is evenly composed of as many women as men in the cabinet. this would be the first cabinet ever with a majority of people of color

the tennis legend and entrepreneur receive the jackie robinson award for her achievements in sports, interview, we spoke with williams about life after te tennis. i know you don't like the word retired but since it's been almost half a year, since the u.s. open, how are you feeling about that word now? >> i didn't retire. i evolved. i am doing more things in business and so many different things. it's like an evolution. i just feel like i like that word better. i think i am allergic to the retirement word. you're never going to get me to say that. >> norah: in our person-to-person interview we talk to the tennis superstar about getting her daughter to play the sport and much more. that begins streaming tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern on the cbs news app. all right, we trace the origins of black history month and the remarkable man who helped make it all happen. that story is next. >> announcer: if you can't watch the "cbs evening news," you can listen. subscriber ever you get your podcasts. i'm calling my doctor. if it's covid, paxlovid. authorized for emergency use, paxlovid is an oral

take a look at this road sign that recently went up along the jackie robinson parkway and queens.y notice the sea in jackie is missing. typo on the road sign has now been fixed . jackie robinson became the first black player in major league baseball history when he was called up by the brooklyn dodgers in 1947, michael jordan's greatest collection of sneakers expected to break records when they go up for sale. sotherby's has collected a set of six individual air jordan sneakers that were all worn by jordan's in the final games of each of us career championships . experts say the so called dynasty set is the holy grail of sneaker collecting and checks all the boxes of what collectors are looking for. the collection will be on display that will happen in dubai until march, 3rd and then after that, it will go up for auction at sotherby's for one lucky bidder. another day of wet weather hitting the bay area today we had sleep. we had snow. we had hail. it's just been nonstop issues now rising for people across the region, then the storm system we've seen here in the bay area is batter

the jackie robinson sports award which recognizes those in civil rights and community involvement. angela bassett won entertainer of the year. >> i guess angela bassett did the thing. thank you to the naacp and everyone who voted army -- voted for me. kumasi: black forever won rest motion picture. viola davis won for her role in woman king. reggie: still time to catch up on the oscar-nominated films. the awards are sunday, march 12, here on abc 7. kumasi: i love viola davis in "winking." -- "woman king." reggie: i have not seen it. i am worried about the oscars now. kumasi: she is still a queen and she knows it. is that we spring ahead. random information. kumasi: i did not know that. lisa: and then the next weekend is spring. a little bit of useful or useless information. feeling rain have to get early. it just on the way live doppler 7 showing the pacific rain and gusty winds pushing to the bay area in the next a few hours. elsewhere, it is dry and cold and temperatures are freezing in spots. the level 1 system can be heavy at times and the possibility of thunderstorms. ocn.syste

take a look at the road sign that recently went up belong jackie robinson parkway in queens.s, see, the sea is missing in jackie. the typo on the road sign is now been fixed. there it is. jackie robinson, of course, became the first black player in major league baseball history when he was called up by the brooklyn dodgers in 1947. fascinating i'm glad they fixed fixed it all right. time is 6 18 . we're checking our roads in the bay area. sound those everything. how's it look? well, we're seeing dave and pam that there's more of a crowd at the toll plaza, which is not unusual at this time. we do see if you're driving into san francisco. you'll be waiting. maybe about 10 minutes at the top plaza of the bay bridge, which is not unusual, so wet out there, although it doesn't look like it's been raining. in the last 15 or 20 minutes here at the bay bridge. it does look a little wetter here on the same mateo bridge. the traffic, though, still looks good across that span, and also across this dumbarton bridge. westbound highway four. slow traffic pittsburgh and 80. westbound slow c

jackie robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, april 15th, a lot of people like to point that out.e that the national football league actually did break the color barrier. now, i mentioned all of this because you come to modern times, the nfl has been majority black since the mid 1980s, it is 70% now, and just having two black quarterbacks in the super bowl? i say a lot of this goes back to jimmy creek snyder, who was a commentator for cbs back in the 1980s. in 1988 he made the statement of the reason blacks were so prominent in sports is because they were bred that way going back to slavery, but he also said when he was asked why aren't there any black coaches, had, coaches general managers, at the time. he said because we give those jobs to the whites there would not be anything left for blacks to do. that is a statement that has been going on for quarterbacks for years. that to me, is a bigger story than the national football league is breaking through in that regard. perhaps kicking and screaming in some quarters. >> yeah, all credit should go and learn credible athletes, not t

a coast guard cutter was named in inland to nehls honor a year after jackie robinson joined the brooklyngers as the first black player in major league baseball. a tenacious to nell hitchhiked from pennsylvania to new york on the banana truck to make some history of his own. he showed up unannounced, tried out for the new york giants and became the first black athlete to play with them in his 14 seasons, the nine-time pro bowler. 2 time nfl champion had 79 career safety is still second on the nfl's all-time list to nell retired on top. his final game was the green bay packers. first championship under vince lombardi in 1961, he helped beat his former team. the giants. 37 to 0 in 1967. to now became the first black player inducted into the pro football hall of fame. during his speech, he thanked the banana truck driver who gave him that right to new york 2 decades earlier. so today we salute inland to now risk taker and a giant on the field and on the sea. >> and kron 4 is honoring black history all month long. we continue to share stories that feature the rich diversity of the bay area an

this is a roadway in new york city that's named for baseball hall of famer jackie robinson and they misspelledme. it's located in queens at the scene missing. at first there's the mistake, the city's department of transportation was able to put up a new sign on monday that corrected the mistake. i feel stated on the side and they're trying to get away with that maybe no one will so pilots are going to talk about our forecast now for taking this live. look outside here across. >> i don't know michael just fall off. >> kind of day rainfall in my microphone he's a cloudy shot. i'm looking forward to that sun tomorrow. i think it's going to in. yeah, it is mine too. i just got a picture and said anybody else ready for some sunshine. i all right. not to say that and appreciate the rain. obviously it's helpful to us. i wanted to start off with a rainfall almanac. we're going to talk about downtown san francisco. we've gotten a little over 4 tenths of an inch of rain today. and then we look at the month and you can see that we've 3.0, 8, 3 inches or other 3 point '03 inches for the month. and that is

it's a biography of perry wallace, who was sort of the jackie robinson figure, southeastern conference sports. he was the first black basketball player in the sec. and so that book is about basketball, but really it's about racism in the south. in the 1960s, civil rights movement, the personal toll of being a pioneer in that situation. second book is the games of deception on the first u.s. men's olympic basketball team, which a story again about basketball, but it's also about anti-semitism and fascism. and then the road to the holocaust. next book is called singled out. it's a biography of glenn burke, who was a major baseball player for the l.a. dodgers and the oakland a's. he's credited with inventing the high five, but he's also the first openly gay major league baseball player and. so that's a book that's about baseball, but it's really homophobia as well. and so with this book, again, i saw a chance to write about basketball but also, you know, sexism and misogyny and the women's rights of the 1970s and feminism, the way that basketball and athletics operated on kind of a parall

and it goes across all sorts, and you think about jackie robinson and people that wrote a color barrier and baseball. i wouldn't be standing here today if it wasn't for them. and so i think about that all the time and, and be lucky enough to be in this position in the play is another great guy, like jalen. it's gonna be a special moment. big time, like i said, is historic moment to be honest, perform and to do so many others so much inspiration move before telling them that they can do it too. so it's a problem cmbs now and some impressive dumps in the game between the detroit pistons in the boston celtics, but it was the celtics who came out on top. thanks lousy to jason tatum, who wrecked up both the 4 point the celtic footing by 12 to say eastern, completed the milwaukee bucks had to fall behind them in 2nd place. the portland trailblazer extend that winning st. game. lopez scoring the 27 points and yet to combine, picked up 24. about winning $519.00 english go for justin. rose is one. his 1st title in 4 years. the 2013 us open champion took a to start lead, and today 5 at the pebble

the show and its creator quinta brunson taking home six awards, and serena williams winning the jackie robinsond community involvement, and the biggest standing ovation of the night went to brittney griner who made a surprise appearance taking the stage with her wife. she talked about her gratitude after spending ten months in a russian prison. take a look. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> it feels so good to be here, especially with my beautiful, amazing wife and with all of y'all here today. i want to thank -- i want to thank everyone, and let's keep fighting to bring home every american still detained overseas. thank you. >> so nice to see her. and "black panther's" angela bassett won big at the image awards. she gave a nod to ariana debose. she gave a nod to the baftas. take a look. >> angela bassett did the thing. viola davis, "the woman king." you're a genius, and jamie lee, you are all of us. one of us is here enough. >> that rap went viral. everybody was talking about it, including bassett saying in one of her three speeches, i guess angela bassett did do the thing. she sure did. she won fo

treated horribly by white people back in the '40s and '50s when hank aaron and roberto clemente and jackie robinsontes went from town to town to town." that's not to make little kids feel bad, it's to teach them history so we can learn from it. so we can be better. so we can move toward a more perfect union. >> in many cases, this is not the republican party that -- it is unrecognizable. >> it is. >> sam stein, eugene robinson, thank you both for being on this morning. >>> we're about ten minutes past the top of the hour. today marks exactly one year since russia launched its unprovoked war on ukraine. on twitter this morning, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy recognized the day. writing, quote, on february 24th, millions of us made a choice. not a white flag, but the blue and yellow one. not fleeing but facing. resisting and fighting. it was a year of pain, sorrow, faith and unity. and, this year, we remained invincible. we know that 2023 will be the year of our victory. here is the video he released. ♪♪ [ gunfire ] >> the biden administration announced a new aid package for ukraine that inc